Staple :: Staphylotomy (n.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
Staple :: Staple (n.) A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
Staple :: Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States..
Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
Staple :: Staple (n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.
Staple :: Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple..
Staple :: Staple (n.) A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like..
Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..